Surveillance Fears Rise: Trump-Palantir Data Plans Boost Privacy Tech Demand.
Discussions and worries about a possible Trump-Palantir collaboration to build a national database using data analytics have really ramped up public anxiety about government surveillance and data privacy. This could boost the demand for privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), like VPNs, encrypted communication tools, personal data management services, and cybersecurity consulting. Marketing that highlights data security, user anonymity, and digital rights will likely hit home.
Origin Reddit Post
r/outoftheloop
What's going on with Trump and Palantir?
Posted by u/rustyyryan•06/01/2025
Saw couple of tweets saying Trump is partnering with Palantir to create national database. What is it about? What does Palantir do exactly? Is it like China's surveillance state kind of thing
Top Comments
u/yuefairchild
Back in my day, we called it the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo.
u/Kellosian
> he claims himself as a Libertarian but he supports a lot of far right ideas
So... he's like every other Libertarian?
u/Big_Fo_Fo
Answer: among many of the pet projects Trump is funding one of them is funneling millions to the company Palantir which is a data analytic company. Specifically to scrape data from government
u/Specialist-Moose-161
The same Peter Thiel that employed and backs JD Vance.
u/SnarkyPuppy-0417
Answer: This is part of Peter Thiele's playbook. He orchestrated everything that we are now experiencing and heavily contributed to making Project 2025 become reality.
u/PaulFThumpkins
It's a rejection of economics, in favor of political advocacy that doesn't hold up in the real world.
u/champignax
I really need to sell my shares -_-
u/MrTopHatMan90
That's so funny I can't even hate on it
u/AverageFoxNewsViewer
Bears - 1
Libertarians - 0
u/Cubeazoid
I mean I could say that about socialism too. We’ve had both laisez faire free markers and socialist command economies. Which lead to the most economic growth and increase in standards of livi
u/ArchdruidHalsin
It turns out Project Insight wasn't just capeshit nonsense.
u/Cubeazoid
Libertarianism is far right economics
u/Ok-Influence-2650
Not only does he take his company names from Tolkien, he named Palantir (data collection an analytics) after the artifact fucking Sauron uses to spy on and corrupt people
u/yuefairchild
If you'd like to know more about this evil nightmare guy, please see Behind the Bastards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfXbyQ9KFdg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeDA8hwQ3Fo
u/noahson
I swear this is skynet step 1 , step 2 is AI powered killing machines which are just around the corner
u/sensei_rat
Step two is Trump's plan for the Golden Dome hooked up to Palantir to decide the most effective way to "protect us."
u/jmcgil4684
I didn’t know who Peter was by looking at him. Only by name. I randomly watched an interview one time and thought, “well that guy is just absolutely off his rocker”.
u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab
And like everything far right it's entirely ideological and not based in reality.